Thank you for coming here. This is where I continue to create articles regarding my work in Movement Re-Education, Therapy, and orthopedic rehabilitation. If you experience back, neck, shoulder, or wrist pain, or have balance issues, I can help you. If you’re new here, a good place to start is to read my posting below titled “What I Do as a Feldenkrais Practitioner.” The best to you in great health! James, 1003 Wilshire Blvd. Suite #208,Santa Monica, CA, tel. 310-395-1952, jamesspeer@verizon.net

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Friday, August 29, 2014

What to expect in your first visit with me

Greetings to you friend,

I applaud your wise life decision to invest in your health and well being by seeing a health practitioner. To give you a little heads up in what to expect in your first session with me, firstly, I normally ask a new client in the beginning of their first visit with me to ...

"Please tell me a little about yourself and what I can do for you. ..."Often times, people tell me that they are here in my office to see me because they have, for instance, neck pain or back pain or shoulder, knee, elbow, hip, or wrist pain.

I do not, per say, work with pain, but instead, as a Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, I do Movement Education.Thus, I refocus any perceived structural or pain issues into the context of functionality or movement.

Therefore, I might follow-up by asking the client, "What is it, in your experience, that tells you that you have pain?"They might say, for instance, "Now it hurts me when I hit my tennis forehand."Or, "When I lift my child my back hurts." "My right wrist hurts me when typing at the computer." "I am uncomfortable while sitting at the computer." "My knee hurts when I run." "Now I feel this pain in my hip when I walk." "Walking seems to be hard for me now. It sometimes feels like it's a struggle. I even feel a little off balance. Walking is now just uncomfortable for me."

These are just some examples of how I then will begin to place our session together within the context or perspective of working with you, the client, in order to improve your, for instance, tennis stroke, or to be better organized to be able to lift more efficiently, or to be able to type on the keyboard without pain, or to be able to sit more comfortably ... or to be able to walk more comfortably, etc.

If you are a performer or athlete, who is not in any pain, you may wish to see me in order to refine your movement, that is, to improve the form for your sport more efficiently.

Or, you may be interested in seeing me for, not necessarily any types of pain or movement issues, but simply for a relaxing, stress-breaker, rejuvenating session.

You may find it helpful before seeing me to look at the following video to see me working with, for instance, a client with back pain.

About Me

After a 10-year career with Eastman Kodak Co. as a mechanical engineer, in 1994, I completed the 4-year Feldenkrais® Professional Training Program for Movement Reeducation and Therapy. I have twice presented Feldenkrais for the International Association of Fitness Professionals (IDEA) at their World Fitness Expo & Conventions. I treat all patients having neurological or orthopedic conditions, improving their mobility and action, for a pain-free, comfortable lifestyle.
As a keyboardist, as well as former all-state trumpet player and all-county cross-country runner, I also enjoy working with musicians and athletes, for enlarging their body and self awareness to enhance performance.
As a Feldenkrais practitioner, using my hands-on tactical feedback, I help to expand a client's kinesthetic, or bodily, awareness of themselves. By a person encompassing more of themselves, rather, having a greater self-image, pain or discomfort is eliminated.
James Speer, Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner®,
1003 Wilshire Blvd. Suites #203, 208,
Santa Monica, CA 90401, tel. 310-395-1952
www.feldenkraisjamesspeer.com
"Health Is All that Matters!"